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It's been a busy last few days as we near the end of our stay in San Francisco. We started out with the world's longest day trip to Yosemite (more than fourteen hours from start to finish). It was worth the effort though because we saw some pretty incredible views and some breathtaking feats of nature. Those of you who know how 'directionally' challenged I am won't be surprised to hear that I wasn't entirely sure that we didn't just spend 4 hours hiking around in circles, ...

Friday morning we left Joan's house with sadness. It had been such a pleasant sojourn of almost a week, quietly mooching round as our wonderful American vacation has almost finished. We only had a short run up to San Mateo which is fairly near SF airport, to our hotel for the next 4 days. Weekends are so annoying trying to get from San Mateo into down town as we had to take a train which only ran hrly, then a trolley bus ...

... China Town was cool, but very touristy, Anna says not as authentic as the vibe she got from NYC. Little Italy does exactly what it says on the tin. Fishermans Wharf and Pier 39 are touristy areas with lots of little shops and big restaurants right on the Bay. Good views of Alcatraz. It was here that we found a fresh fruit stand and innocently bought 10 fresh, large juicy strawberries for…$20!!!! We didn’t realize until it was too late and we ...

San francisco leg is finished. I can understand why everyone likes san fran. The city is beautiful, the views from the golden gate are spectacular as are the views from alcatraz back to the city as well as those from the bay. Weather was good but at the bridge was freezing! No fog while we were there which ...

... we still did! Too much to see, too much to do and such little time to do it in!! Anyway, back to San Fran...the weather turned on for us, we arrived in a heat wave! So good to finally get some warmth so how could we not go to a Baseball game. We asked for tickets in the shade but ended up sitting right under the full mid afternoon sun, it must have been around 35 degrees in direct heat. So we spent the time fanning the girls and Meg kept pouring ...